All posts tagged coral reefs

Artist Teguh Ostenrik is hoping one of his latest sculptures will make a splash with conservationists and government officials, whose support he needs to help save Indonesia’s underwater ecosystems. Read More »

A crane ship that can conduct salvage operations without requiring anchoring will soon join the challenging effort to extract a stranded U.S. Navy minesweeper from a protected reef in the Sulu Sea off of the southwestern part of the Philippines.

The crane vessel, on its way from Singapore, is expected to reach the Tubbataha Reef on Feb. 16. The soccer-field-length Jascon 25 was enlisted after the salvage ship SMIT Borneo, which requires anchoring, couldn’t secure itself to the ocean floor due to rough seas to begin the complicated task of dismembering the minesweeper. Read More »

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E-commerce sites and mobile apps are drawing on data they’ve collected from users to better understand how and when people shop during the Islamic holy month. Here’s a look at some of what they’ve discovered.

All that burning rubbish in Indonesia may be taking its toll, with nearly a quarter of people surveyed in a recent poll saying waste management was the most prominent environmental issue in the country.